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I give out Atlas Shrugged as Christmas presents, and I make all my interns read it.

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Paul Ryan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 29
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I reject her [Ayn Rand's] philosophy. It's an atheist philosophy. It reduces human interactions down to mere contracts and it is antithetical to my worldview. If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand.
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